This album is a tribute to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, a higely influential pairing who worked with Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger among others. Cooder was a teenager when he first saw them play, and were one of the inspirations behind forming The...

This was the second album from Trancecore band To The Rats and Wolves, from Essen. Formed in 2012 they broke up in 2020 following one more full-length, which is a real shame as this has some promise within it. Due not just to the name they remind me quite a bit of...

Still the same trio who brought the band together in 1998, E. Danielsson (vocals, songwriting), P. Forsberg (guitars, songwriting) and H. Jonsson (songwriting), they have recorded this album live with the assistance of H. Eriksson (guitars), E. Forcas (drums) and A....

Italy ÆNIMA RECORDINGS 84 mins Rating 90/100 https://www.facebook.com/never.land.angels The sheer volume of music passing through these hallowed halls of the ‘House of Prog Radio’ is such, that quite often some magnificent musical offerings get passed by and remain...

Here we have the debut album from Ōtautahi/Christchurch based six-piece Somebody Do Something who describe their music as pop-funk-dance with some influences of reggae, rock and jazz, except they somewhat understate this. Comprising Grace Stainthorpe (violin and...

Canadian Deathcore band Despised Icon were formed in Montreal in 2002, and released four albums before calling it a day in 2010 but then reformed in 2016. They signed with Nuclear Blast and this was their comeback album in the same year, since when they have released...

It is difficult to realise that Bonnet was 74 when he recorded his latest album, as he still has the power and presence of someone much younger. For the latest version of his band he has again utilised founder members Beth-Ami Heavenstone (bass) and guitarist Conrado...

One of the hardest working bands in the business, often clocking up well over 200 gigs a year, it is perhaps not surprising that this 2022 release is only the fifth album from the band formed by singer/guitarist Lzzy Hale and her brother, drummer Arejay. The line-up...

This is the 2016 album from West Yorkshire Atmospheric Black Metal trio Hryre, who took their name from the Swedish for “scream” and whose debut EP a few years earlier had no titles in English. They had changed that for this release, where they bring in influences...

There is no doubt that JSS is a highly regarded melodic hard rock singer, given he has more than 60 albums under his belt with different bands and collaborations, and he can often be found on the road with the likes of TSO, Sons of Apollo and others. This is his...

It would not be unkind to say that Schenker has had an up and down career, releasing some amazing and essential albums both with his own band as a member of both UFO and Scorpions while others not so much. Here he is with his latest release, back as MSG which he has...

This is not a cover of the well-known Black Sabbath number, but instead is a song written by the band, with lyrics by singer Jel, about one of their friends losing her partner to cancer so Jel based the lyrics off her memoirs. The rest of the band are Aaron Ludlow...

Ella Pollett is a young (17) singer/songwriter from Hawke’s Bay who has already seen some success with Smokefree Rockquest, and will soon be playing her biggest gig to date when she opens for Rod Stewart at the Mission concert. This is her third single, following on...

It was some time ago when I saw Mema Wilda play a gig at The Tuning Fork, where she accompanied herself on an acoustic and was joined by just one other musician. I thoroughly enjoyed what I heard, and then the next time I heard her was when she performed on the single...

Pell is back with his 21st studio album from a career which has lasted for more than thirty years, and as with his last four studio albums the ARP band consists of singer Johnny Gioeli, bassist Volker Krawczak, keyboard player Ferdy Doernberg and drummer Bobby...

Put the name “Billy” into a New York hardcore context and it can only mean one man, Billy Graziadei, who is now back with the second album from his BillyBio project. Biohazard have not released an album since 2012’s ‘Reborn In Defiance’ but given they have not...

Corey Taylor is probably one of metal’s most under-rated actual singers, as while we all know him as the masked frontman of Slipknot, spitting venom, obscenities and growls, how many actually think of him as a singer? This is why he has other projects, which also led...

FM formed in 1984 when singer Steve Overland and his brother, guitarist Chris (both formerly of Wildlife), teamed up with drummer Pete Jupp (ex-Wildlife and Samson) and bassist Merv Goldsworthy (ex-Diamond Head and Samson). They were joined by Didge Digital on...